problems in this country pre-existed the drug trade? pablo: what we say here is that the drug trade just made everything war. there s no judge here. there s, uh, few institutions here. anthony: right. pablo: basically, you know that the state is here just because the army is here. so, i think here we re going to meet the mayor. anthony: oh, yeah. pablo: anthony, this is the mayor. anthony: julio cesar gonzález is the current mayor of miraflores, which has seen much better and much worse days. so, how many people live, uh, in this town? pablo: around 1,500, 2,000 in the municipality. the farc were in miraflores for 20 years, and they were the central authority here. anthony: if you re running a subsistence farm growing plantains and not much else, you re not even particularly well, you re not particularly happy with the government, somebody comes along and offers you a nice machine gun and a cool scarf pablo: yeah. anthony: especially if you re 15, 16 years old, t
and then by the farmers who tried to yeah. so, that s when the real violence began. so, really, the problems in this country pre-existed the drug trade? what we say here is the drug trade just made everything more. there s no judge here. there s few institutions here. right. basically, you know that the state is here just because the army is here. so, i think we re going to meet the major. anthony, this is the major. julio cesar gonzalez is the current mayor of miraflores, which has seen much better and much worse days. how many people in this town? there s around 1,500 to 2,000 in the municipality. the farc were here for 20 years, and they were the central authority here. you re running a subsistence farm growing plantains and not
and then by the farmers who tried to yeah. so, that s when the real violence began. so, really, the problems in this country pre-existed the drug trade? what we say here is the drug trade just made everything more. there s no judge here. there s few institutions here. right. basically, you know that the state is here just because the army is here. so, i think we re going to meet the major. anthony, this is the major. julio cesar gonzalez is the current mayor of miraflores, which has seen much better and much worse days. how many people in this town? there s around 1,500 to 2,000 in the municipality. the farc were here for 20 years, and they were the central authority here. you re running a subsistence farm growing plantains and not much else. you re not eating particularly well, you re not particularly happy with the government. someone comes along and offers you a nice machine gun and a
yeah, very good. since 1999, there were no police or army force here, so it was just occupied by the farc. and then by the farmers who tried to yeah. so, that s when the real violence began. so, really, the problems in this country pre-existed the drug trade? what we say here is the drug trade just made everything more. there s no judge here. there s few institutions here. right. basically, you know that the state is here just because the army is here. so, i think we re going to meet the major. anthony, this is the major. julio cesar gonzalez is the current mayor of miraflores, which has seen much better and much worse days. how many people in this town? there s around 1,500 to 2,000 in the municipality. the farc were here for 20 years, and they were the central authority here. you re running a subsistence farm growing plantains and not
how many people in this town? there s around 1,500 to 2,000 in the municipality. the farc were here for 20 years, and they were the central authority here. you re running a subsistence farm growing plantains and not much else. you re not eating particularly well, you re not particularly happy with the government. someone comes along and offers you a nice machine gun and a cool scarf yeah. especially if you re 15, 16 years old, that s a pretty attractive offer. of course, it is. even if they say you ll probably be dead by the time you re 25. it is. come on.